This is a very serious matter revealed by several media on December 17th. According to their information, a new scandal is affecting the horse racing world. As a reminder, in early 2020, the star of the discipline Pierre-Charles Boudot, was indicted for the rape of an employee of the Chantilly stables in the Oise. It is today another famous jockey – who has retired and occupies the position of trainer at the France Galop center in Chantilly – who finds himself at the heart of a similar legal case.
According to the information of a journalist from France Televisions and the Parisian, the former jockey star David Cottin, 31 years old, is under the scope of a preliminary investigation, opened by the public prosecutor’s office of Senlis (Oise) for facts of rape of a minor. Opened last October 20, the investigation was entrusted to the Chantilly research brigade and it concerns the complaint ofa young woman underage working in the equestrian world. According to information from our colleagues, the alleged victim indicates that the facts date back to October 16, duringa “drinking evening at the home of a friend of David Cottin”.
I obviously took a lawyer who advised me to let speak, because for the moment, there is nothing
After touring several local nightclubs in the company of coaches, jockeys and stable employees, the small group would have ended the evening at this friend of David Cottin’s. For now, the circumstances of the alleged rape have not yet been disclosed and the former jockey involved has not yet been questioned by the gendarmes. Contacted by journalists from Parisian, David Cottin denies these accusations outright. “This rumor was started six weeks ago, but I am not aware of anything. My name doesn’t appear anywhere. I obviously took a lawyer who advised me to let speak, because for the moment, there is nothing “, he assured last Friday.
David Cottin remains presumed innocent of the charges against him.